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General Directorate of Forestry with the support of Istanbul Universitesi-Cerrahpaşa is organizing an International Conference on Forest Fires and Environmental Change. The conference will be partly virtual and partly physical. There is no conference fee for the conference that is supported by ECHO Project entitled “Development of a Long-Term Wildfire Prevention Framework for Istanbul”. The conference themes are not limited with forest fires. We aim to put forward long term impacts of climate and environmental change particularly on ecosystems. The conference subjects can be grouped under two that are:

1. Environmental impacts of forest fires and new approaches in fire prevention,

2. Climate change, disturbances, and ecosystems. 

Please submit your abstracts that cover the above topics. 

Important dates and deadlines
- Abstract submission March 15 - April 15
- Notification of accepted abstracts May 15 
- Registration June 15 
- Conference 4-5 August 
- Submission of full texts August 15
- Publication of Conference Proceedings September 15

Subject Coverage
The conference themes cover all aspects of climate change, climate induced disturbances and wildfires.

Preliminary program in detail
August 4, 2021 – Opening Speeches and Sessions Morning Sessions (physical)
• Forest Fires and Prevention Activities (Conference Room A, 10:00am)
• Climate Change, Disturbances and Ecosystems -1 (Conference Room B, 10:00am)
• Afternoon Sessions (virtual)
• Forest Fire Environmental Impacts (Zoom Link, 01:00pm)
• Climate Change, Disturbances and Ecosystems -2 (Zoom Link, 01:00pm)

August 5, 2021 – Field excursion Abstract Guidelines and Acceptance
• Abstract must be written in English.
• Abstract should not exceed 250 words.
• The title should be brief and clearly indicate the contents of the abstract.
• Use standard abbreviations and symbols. Keep abbreviations to a minimum and define each one when it is used for the first time.
• Do not include any figures or tables in abstracts, and do not submit attachments, slides, or any reference materials with the abstracts.
• Please write the abstract with a word-processing program, check spelling and grammar, proofread carefully.
• Choose appropriate thematic areas and topics from the list provided. Abstracts cannot be modified (in their authorship, title and contents) after the deadline for abstract submission.

Things to consider including when writing the abstract:

• Statement of the purpose of the study
• Brief mention of the Methodology
• Some of the results obtained
• Important conclusions
• Brief implications.
• Keywords(min2,max5)

The acceptance of abstracts by the Technical Committee does not imply any financial assistance or fee deduction. The Conference organizers reserve the right to allocate accepted papers into sessions as they see fit in accordance with the overall program objectives.

Presentations
Oral presenters will be given 10 minutes to present their work and additional 5 minutes for questions and answers. Moderators will be strict about timing. Your presentation must be in PowerPoint (PPT, PPTX) or PDF format. For Online participants, we prefer a live audio-video connection via the free ZOOM application, for online oral presentations. You would need to share your screen with the rest of the participants, and open your PowerPoint presentation as normal. Questions to the presentation can be proposed via the in-meeting chat. The session moderator would then choose which of them would be asked after the presentation is over. In case there are any time zone differences, poor internet connectivity, or there is another reason you are unable to present your report at the specified time, you can send us a pre-recorded video with sound or a PowerPoint slideshow with narration.

For abstract submission and questions: [email protected] 

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